Vancouver’s Nazanin Afshin-Jam, seen here in Yaletown in 2007, married
Defence Minister Peter MacKay Wednesday in Mexico. Afshin-Jam, the ﬁrst
runner-up in the 2003 Miss World competition, is a singer and activist. Story, page 10.
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Defence minister weds Vancouver bride

B.C.’s trial lawyers will consider
withdrawing services from gang
and murder trials if Victoria doesn’t boost legal-aid funding.
“It’s something that nobody
wants, but if it’s the only way to get
the government’s attention, then
that’s how it’s going to have to go,”
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legal-aid action committee.
“I don’t think this helps society
in the short term. It’s ... something
we wish could be stopped, but the
only way to stop it is to fund the
system properly.”
The first wave of duty-counsel
service withdrawals has begun and
will escalate in the coming months.
Duty counsel typically represents
people for first-time appearances
and offers the first legal advice to
a detained individual.
If the current job action doesn’t
get the attention of the attorney

general’s office, Gill added, they’ll
consider withdrawing from serious
criminal cases.
Thirty-eight of the province’s 70
courthouses will have no duty
counsel this week, and the remaining ones are operating on a minimal duty-counsel level.
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in February, three weeks in March
and all of April, if demands for
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“It’s not about lawyers trying to
get money for themselves,” Gill
said, adding governments have cut
at least $50 million in funding in
the last two decades. “It’s about trying to make sure that people have
fair and equitable access to justice.”
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injuries to his lower
body when he was
struck by a dumptruck
while crossing the road
in Abbotsford Wednesday morning.
A group of children
were crossing Bevan Avenue at Ware Street just
before 8 a.m., police
said, when the boy was
hit by the recycling
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RCMP suspect man had been living in container for up to a year
District of North Vancouver mayor says death symptomatic of larger issue
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VANCOUVER@METRONEWS.CA

CHILLIWACK. Two babies

were lucky to be uninjured after their double
stroller rolled down an
embankment and
plunged into the frigid
Vedder River, after it
got away from a mother
walking the trail near
the river. METRO

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The death of a man in a sea
container on Tuesday night
is raising safety concerns
about the living conditions
of homeless people on the
North Shore.
“One of the challenges
that all of Metro Vancouver
faces is that there isn’t
enough shelter space or

the (current) shelter space
is not appropriate for the
needs of the homeless person,” said District of North
Vancouver Mayor Richard
Walton. “We want to make
sure people are properly
cared for and are safe.”
On Tuesday, firefighters
attended a fire in a container behind a business in the
200 block of Lloyd Avenue
in North Vancouver.
Fire crews discovered

the body of a 53-year-old
male who has been living
in the container for approximately one year. A
bed, chair, hotplate and television were also found inside.
Mounties believe the
fire started by a candle left
burning on the chair.
“The challenges for people’s physical safety … that
come from homemade
heating and energy sources

are obviously a great concern to us,” said Walton.
Cpl. Richard De Jong,
spokesman for the North
Vancouver RCMP, suspects
the man died from smoke
inhalation. An autopsy will
be conducted to determine
the exact cause of death.
According to the 2008
homeless count, there
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Be careful who you trust
Better Business Bureau warns of scams that could cost you cash — and heartache
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The Better Business Bureau
is warning consumers to be
more vigilant as more and
more scammers are out to
gain their trust.
“Scammers are turning
toward well-known brands
to ease concerns and falsely persuade people to give
out their personal and
financial information,”
BBB president and CEO
Lynda Pasacreta said
Wednesday.
Carolyn Sinclair, executive director of the B.C.
Crime Prevention Association, said: “If you are a victim, (don’t) be ashamed (or
afraid) to come forward.”
Of the 10 scams
outlined, these five are
among the most common.

Brand spooﬁng
(a.k.a. phishing)

Gold-buying
schemes

Penny auctions

How it works: Scammers
impersonate trusted companies and government
organizations by sending
email links to get personal and financial information.
What to do: Delete the
messages and do not
click on any links.

How it works: Last year’s
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consumers cashing in
their gold, but
sometimes receiving
unfair returns.
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and trust. Get multiple
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prices before selling.

How it works: Users are
required to set up an online account to place bids
on iPads and other electronics, with each bid often costing less than a
dollar. The catch: You still
have to cough up cash for
bids you placed, even if
you didn’t win the item.
What to do: Read all the
fine print. Keep an eye
on your credit card.

Door-to-door
sales
How it works: Salespeople use pressure tactics
to force or frighten people into buying
expensive, substandard
or unneeded products
and services like roofing,
repairs and vacuums.
What to do: If you feel
threatened, ask them to
leave your property. If
they refuse, call police.

Power-saving claims
How it works: With the
introduction of smart meters by BC Hydro, more
scammers are posting
false or deceptive ads
about energy-saving
devices that don’t actually work and don’t meet
safety standards.
What to do: Do your research before buying.
Check out a company’s
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In Jim Mann’s shoes, one tweet at a time
MATT KIELTYKA
@METRONEWS.CA

Alzheimer’s and social media may seem an unlikely
pairing at first.
Considering the disease
is typically associated with
old age while tweets are of-

ten left to younger generations, the link isn’t immediately apparent.
Yet in an attempt to
bridge the gap between
the misunderstood disease
and the wider community,
a series of tweets from

Alzheimer’s patient Jim
Mann form a crucial part
of B.C.’s Alzheimer Awareness Month.
In one entry, through
the @AlzheimerBC Twitter
account, Jim writes, “She
said three times where we

were going but I don’t remember. I’ll ask a leading
question instead. #injimsshoes.”
It’s this kind of firsthand entry that can help
educate people, said Jean
Blake,
CEO
of
the

Alzheimer Society of B.C.
“It helps people understand what it’s like to have
Alzheimer’s and we hope
it will help break down
some of the ... misconceptions,” she said.
Those seeking help can

go to the society’s website
or seek out one of the 19
B.C. resource centres.
The awareness month
caps off Sunday, Jan. 29,
with the Investors Group
Walk For Memories in 24
B.C. communities.

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Mubarak instigated
killings: Prosecutor
The prosecution in the Hosni Mubarak trial said on
Wednesday it has concluded that Egypt’s ex-president, his security chief and
six top police officers were
the “actual instigators” of
the killing of more than
800 protesters during last
year’s popular uprising.
Mubarak and his seven
co-defendants are facing
charges of complicity in the
killings and could face the
death penalty if convicted.
Wednesday’s hearing co-

incided with the second day
of voting in the third and final round of parliamentary
elections that began on
Nov. 28. Even before the final round, Islamists led by
the Muslim Brotherhood,
Egypt’s largest political
group, were assured a majority in the legislature.
They are likely to bolster
their gains in the final
round, since many of the
nine provinces voting have
been Islamist strongholds.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Argentina’s president was
awake and recovering
Wednesday after a threeand-a-half-hour operation to
remove her cancerous thyroid gland.
Cristina Fernandez’s surgery went without complications and all her vital
signs were good, her
spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro announced, prompting cheers and applause
from supporters gathered
outside the hospital.
Doctors had expected a
routine surgery and predicted a complete cure
without
chemotherapy,
since preoperative tests
showed the cancer had not
spread beyond a nodule on

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Cristina Fernandez

the right side of her thyroid
gland.
Vice-President
Amado Boudou was put in
charge before the operation, and will remain as the
country’s
constitutional
leader for 20 more days
while Fernandez takes medical leave, the president’s office said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012

Racist U.K. killers jailed
for decades-old murder
Two white men sentenced for
1993 killing of black teenager
A young black man lay dying in a south London bus
stop. His friend called frantically for help while a gang
of white teenagers who had
stabbed him ran off. Two
members of that gang were
sentenced Wednesday for
the 1993 murder of
Stephen Lawrence, but
three more remain at large.
Judge Colman Treacy
Wednesday sentenced Gary
Dobson to at least 15 years
and two months in jail, and
David Norris to at least 14
years and three months for
the murder of the teenager,
and urged police to continue looking for new leads in
the case.
He told the men they
were guilty of “a terrible
and evil crime” committed
out of blind hatred.
“A totally innocent 18year-old youth on the
threshold of a promising
life was brutally cut down
in the street in front of eye
witnesses by a racist thuggish gang,” Treacy said.
“You were both members of
that gang.”
Police, who have been
accused in the last two
decades of incompetence
and racism in the way they
handled the murder in-

quiry, vowed Wednesday to
continue to hunt for the remaining killers.
“The other people involved in the murder of
Stephen Lawrence should
not rest easily in their
beds,” said Bernard HoganHowe, commissioner of
London’s Metropolitan Police.
The saga of Lawrence’s
murder, and his parents’
long quest for justice in the
face of police indifference,
has for many come to symbolize Britain’s lingering
racial trauma.
It has embarrassed Scotland Yard, which was found
by an official inquiry to be
guilty of systematic racism.
And while Lawrence’s family said it was pleased with
the convictions, it said justice will not be served until
all the killers face trial.
Lawrence’s father Neville
said the sentencing of Dobson and Norris for his son’s
murder was “only one step
in a long, long journey.”
Dobson and Norris were
part of a notorious gang
that terrorized part of
south London, and many
people told police in the
days following Lawrence’s
death who his killers were

FAMILY HANDOUT/PA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Stephen Lawrence in an
undated family handout
photo.

likely to be.
But the police failed to
act until Lawrence’s parents
held a news conference to
criticize the way the police
had handled the case. It
was the first salvo in a long
battle the Lawrence family
were to fight with police
and courts.
The sheer length of time
it has taken to prosecute
the case has taken its toll.
Lawrence’s parents divorced six years after his

death.
And Britain’s police
forces still struggle to convince ethnic minorities that
they handle cases with sensitivity. The parents of Indian student Anuj Bidve, who
was shot and killed on a
night out in Salford, northeast England on Dec. 26,
complained
that
they
learned about their son’s
death from Facebook before British police contacted them. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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A Catholic bishop caught at
the Ottawa airport with
hundreds of child-porn images on his laptop was released Wednesday after
receiving a sentence of 15
months — only eight of
which he actually served
behind bars.
Raymond Lahey, 71, formerly bishop of Antigonish, N.S., pleaded guilty
eight months ago to possession of child pornography
for the purposes of importation and asked to begin
serving his sentence immediately.
Wednesday, Justice Kent
Kirkland sentenced him to
15 months, but because he
got two-for-one credit for

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“pre-sentencing”
time
served, Lahey was freed. He
will be on probation for
two years and registered as
a sex offender for 20 years.

Dr. John Bradford,
head of the division of
forensic psychiatry of the
University of Ottawa, has
testified as an expert in
numerous criminal trials
and was a defence
witness at Lahey’s
sentencing hearing.
His conclusion that Lahey was not a risk to children and, in fact, not a
pedophile, despite
possessing images and
videos of children and
teens, was a key part of
the defence argument for
a lesser sentence.
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His lawyer, Michael Edelson, had recommended the
minimum one-year sentence, but said Kirkland imposed “exactly the right

In this 2011 ﬁle photo, Raymond Lahey
arrives at the Ottawa courthouse.

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The jail time, Edelson
added, is just the beginning.
Prosecutors were also

satisfied with the sentence.
“It’ll serve to announce to
others that harsh sentences
are in place for those who
commit such crimes, sen-

tences which are also meted out to ensure the protection of our children,” said
Crown prosecutor David Elhadad.

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Vancouver resident charged
Wednesday for allegedly
setting a string of fires
across Los Angeles on New
Year’s weekend has been
put on suicide watch, a law
enforcement official said.
Harry Burkhart, 24, has
been in custody since Monday, when he was arrested
in Hollywood. Burkhart’s
mother Dorothee Burkhart
said in court Tuesday that
her son is mentally ill.
He has refused to co-op-

erate with investigators
since his arrest on suspicion of starting dozens of
car fires in and around the
city that caused an estimated $3 million US in damage.
Authorities said they believe he was angry over his
mother’s legal troubles and
went on an arson rampage
a day after she made an initial court appearance last
week.
Burkhart is also under
investigation in his home

Canadian’s killing to
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Mexican police have promised a thorough investigation into the shooting death
of a B.C. man during an apparent home invasion.
Police say Robin Wood,
67, of Salt Spring Island,
B.C., was killed Tuesday

when he stood up to two
suspects who tried to rob a
friend’s home in Melaque,
south of Puerto Vallarta.
Wood was taken to hospital after the attack, where
he died of a gunshot
wound. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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One of Ottawa’s most eligible bachelors is now officially off the market.
Defence Minister Peter
MacKay quietly married his
girlfriend Nazanin AfshinJam at a private ceremony

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attention to the young people who are on death row in
Iran.
MacKay, who has been

Mother in trouble
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19 counts of fraud, including failing to pay for a
2004 breast augmentation
surgery and pilfering security deposits from renters.
A Frankfurt court
spokesman said Dorothee
Burkhart will go on trial
for the fraud charges once
she is extradited.

often voted the sexiest male
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Hill Times, has been engaged before but never
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minister, was his first fiancée, but their relationship ended seven years ago.
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He released a statement
on his constituency website
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which took place in front of
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house fire north of Frankfurt days before he travelled to the U.S. in October.
The fire at the house,
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Burkhart family, has been
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prosecutors’ spokeswoman
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filed an insurance claim
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last two remaining asbestos
mines said Wednesday that
declaring bankruptcy is the
only way the cash-strapped
operation has a chance of
saving its workersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; jobs.

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LAB Chrysotile, said in an
interview that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confident many of the 350 jobs
at the mine will be saved.
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nyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current financial situation made it impossible to
continue operations.
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mine in Thetford Mines last
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there has been no revenue
to deal with them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We
have a problem with fixed
costs and this will be resolved with the (bankruptcy),â&#x20AC;? Dupere said
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OF MICE AND
THE MAN WHO
LOVES THEM
I think I love the mouse in my
apartment.
It’s not the love between a
man and a woman, exactly,
JOHN MAZEROLLE
because I don’t know its genMETRO
der. But it feels right.
It is a forbidden love, frowned upon by
the world, and it is a love brought about by
fate: Of all the drywall joints in all the
townhouses in all the world, it chewed into mine.
And if loving something means wanting
it to be free, then I’ll squeak it from the
rooftops — I love my mouse.
Don’t misunderstand: I realize that mice are diseaseridden vermin, which is why Mickey always wore white
gloves — for safety’s sake.
I’m aware that it’s hard to endorse a creature that has
used millions of years of evolutionary knowledge to
perfect the art of pooping on your counter top.
And, personally, I’m annoyed that the little guy can
find enough food in my apartment to survive even though
I can’t seem to, no matter
how many times I open the
“And, personally, fridge.
But, despite all that, I
I’m annoyed that
must love the mouse.
the little guy can
Why? Because I can’t deal
ﬁnd enough food with the alternative.
As a journalist, I often
in my apartment
worry that I’m jaded. Cover
to survive even
enough accidents and murthough I can’t
ders and Vic Toews, and
eventually you get so cynical
seem to, no
you can talk like this to a
matter how
stranger: “I know this is a
many times I
difficult time, but how did
open the fridge.” you FEEL when your dog fell
into the thresher? Oh, don’t
cry. Please wait until the
camera gets here.”
But that worry evaporated last winter. I had a mouse
back then, you see.
And so I bought glue traps, because the packaging said
it was “humane” and it showed a cartoon mouse looking
annoyed in the glue, as if it were going to miss its dinner
with Speedy, Mickey and Mighty. Why, this was going to
be fun!
Well, I don’t want to get too gruesome about what happened, but the Gadhafi family would have been appalled.
While the mouse squeaked at the same volume as the girl
being eaten at the beginning of Jaws, I frantically ran outside with him, promising freedom.
I poured water on him — that’s what the packaging
said to do — and watched hopefully (run little buddy!) as
he stopped moving entirely. Yes, I waterboarded the
mouse.
And as I stood over his lifeless body, I vowed then and
there that I would only love all the helpless rodents of the
world. So, as you can see, I need to love the new mouse.
And if I must kill him, I will at least talk to its family,
using all my compassion and empathy. Because I know
this is a difficult time.

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also stands for
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Makes for an interesting
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@VanCanucks: For his
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being compared to
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Buono has confirmed that
Barron Miles will become
defensive backs coach of
the Sask. Roughriders.
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and causing minor floods
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@b_nagel: I probably eat
twice as much food back
home than I do when In
Vancouver. I’m not certain
but I don’t think that’s
much of an exaggeration.
@Fedforlife: I just saw a
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Art attack ... by kids

Kids’ stickers
create artwork
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. If

you want that statementmaking design to jazz up
your home interior, then
perhaps look no further!
One artist has created a
work where children can
express themselves using
coloured stickers. Yayoi
Kusama’s Obliteration
Room is currently on display at the Queensland
Art Gallery.
METRO WORLD NEWS

“With just one
polka-dot, nothing
can be achieved.”
YAYOI KUSAMA’S CANDID REMARKS
ON THE MEANING OF HER ART

Boring room or
blank canvas
INTERACTIVE ART. Curators

suggest this sterile white
room is a critique of everyday life drained of colour.
But at the same time they
say this colourless space
acts “as a blank canvas
to be invigorated — or
‘obliterated,’ changing
measurably over time as
the dots accumulate as
a result of thousands of
collaborators.”
METRO WORLD NEWS

Mob boss widow
Victoria Gotti,
singer Clay Aiken
and IndyCar
champ Michael
Andretti are on
tap for the next
edition of NBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Celebrity Apprentice. Host Donald
Trump announced
the new batch of
contenders this
week.
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When PuSh comes to shove
Get inspired at PuSh International Performing Arts Festival which kicks off later this month

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PASS

BILL PECHET/ARTS CLUB

GRAEME MCRANOR
METRO VANCOUVER

My
least
favourite
part of the
Holiday
Season
is
paying for
it. Yet January continues its annoying
habit of arriving on time
every year. And unless you
believe shoddy Mayan predictions, it will continue to
do so for many years to
come.
There are a couple of
ways we can handle this
anomaly: pull the sheets
over our heads until March
or plow forward with a renewed, re-energized sense
of purpose.
Perhaps youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking
for a helpful nudge to get
moving again.
A supportive shove.
A push of positivity.
You will not find that
here.
However, it should be
noted that, in a couple of
weeks, the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival kicks off, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d
be hard-pressed to find a
better place to get inspired.
Added bonus: if you go
to enough shows, you can
blow off that Christmas
gym membership for another few weeks.
It looks like Veda Hille
and Bill Richardson found
inspiration on the Internet. Their new production,
called Do You Want What I
Have Got? A Craigslist Can-

Bill Richardson and Veda Hille star in the Arts Club Theatre Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s A Craigslist Cantata beginning
Jan. 19 at the Revue Stage.

na Martin and Barry
Mirochnick.
If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever wondered
what the works of Dostoyevsky would be like set
to music (and, really, who
hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t?), don't miss the
Neworld and Vancouver
Moving Theatre production of The Idiot. This is

the same creative collaboration that premiered
Crime and Punishment at
the 2005 PuSh Festival. Directed by James Fagan Tait.
The PuSh International
Performing Arts Festival
starts Jan. 17 and runs until Feb. 4 at various venues
around Vancouver. Do You

Want What I Have Got? A
Craigslist Cantata runs
from Jan. 19 to Feb. 11 at
the Arts Club Theatre
Company's Revue Stage.
The Idiot runs from Jan. 20
to 29 at the Frederic Wood
Theatre at UBC. More information at Pushfestival.ca and Artsclub.com.

Horrors of
high school
My Babysitter’s a Vampire comes
to Canada It’s a supernatural
spin on the trials of being a teen
Debuting in Canada this
week is Teletoon’s My
Babysitter’s a Vampire, a
younger-skewing take on
the
monsters-meetshormones genre also seen
in the Twilight film franchise, the campy Space
comedy Todd and the Book
of Pure Evil, and CTV Two’s
The Vampire Diaries.
Toronto-bred
star
Matthew Knight, who plays
earnest 14-year-old Ethan,
says he hopes young viewers can learn a lesson or
two as his show draws overthe-top parallels between
the eternal battle of good
and evil and the trials of
growing up. “I kind of feel
like it makes kids ... feel like

their (problems) are not the
end of the world and they
can get through it,” 17-yearold Knight says of the
show’s weekly supernatural
calamities.
The series’ over-the-top
hijinks — which include
resurrecting dead family
pets and navigating a suspicious school blood drive —
are all in service of putting
common teen anxieties into perspective, adds co-star
Atticus Mitchell, who plays
Ethan’s
trouble-making
best friend Benny. “You
don’t know what the end of
the world is until you hit
that bad point in your life
when you’re trying to get
with your crush and it’s

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like, ‘Oh, I love you.’ And all
of a sudden — ‘What?
There are vampires! Zombies!”’ says 18-year-old
Mitchell, from Toronto.
“That’s the end of the
world, OK?”
The new series is based
on the TV movie of the
same name, which centred
on the awkward Ethan, his
precocious little sister Jane
and his mischievous pal
Benny.
In that 2010 comedy,
billed as Teletoon’s first
original live action feature,
Ethan’s hopes of shedding
his geek status are thwarted

when his mom decides he’s
not mature enough to
watch Jane and hires a
babysitter from his school.
Ethan is mortified when
it turns out to be his longtime crush Sarah, played by
Vanessa Morgan, who just
happens to be a newly
formed vampire. “It’s definitely a little bit lighter in
the way that it’s shot and
the way the characters deal
with it and just more family
friendly,” says Knight.
My Babysitter’s a Vampire debuts Thursday on
Teletoon.
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This is the
only time
@Joan_Rivers
of year
when I’m jealous of atheists. They don’t waste their
time taking down all the
Christmas decorations.
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The Girl
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Running back to
The Running Man?
After reconnecting with estranged husband Arnold
Schwarzenegger over the
holidays, Maria Shriver is
reportedly reconsidering
her
planned divorce from
the former
California
governor,
according
to
OK!
Magazine.
“She’s
definitely
having
second
thoughts
about going
ahead
with the
divorce,”
says a
Maria Shriver
source
close
to the
family,

who adds that Shriver’s
friends aren’t too pleased
with the latest development: “All her friends are
up in arms that she’s considering a reunion,” the
source says.
“She’s close friends
with Oprah (Winfrey), who would
never encourage
her to go back to a
man who fathered
a child with the
housekeeper.”
METRO

Timberlake engaged?
Singer proposes to Jessica Biel on top of mountain, according to sources
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After quietly getting back
together in 2011, Justin
Timberlake and Jessica Biel
have reportedly gotten engaged just as quietly.
Sources tells Us Weekly
that Timberlake popped
the question on top of a
mountain in Jackson,
Wyoming, during a snowboarding vacation.
“Justin knows how
much she loves snowboarding and the mountains, so
it was the perfect place,”
the source says.
“He knew it was the
right time to propose.” The
pair broke up briefly last
year, and “when they
reunited, they had a
conversation about taking
the next step,” the source
says. METRO

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Mendes hangs with Gosling’s mom
If there were any doubts
that Ryan Gosling and Eva
Mendes were getting serious, their recent behaviour
should put them to rest.
While visiting New
York, Gosling reportedly
took Mendes to the movies
along with his mother, according to People magazine.
“They all hung out and
went to the movies together,” a source says.
“Ryan and Eva seemed
very happy.”
And they seemed even
happier before arriving in
New York, while still at the
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Cannon suffers
kidney failure
Nick Cannon was hospitalized this week in Colorado
for kidney failure, wife
Mariah Carey revealed on
Twitter. “Please pray for
Nick as he’s fighting to recover from a mild kidney
failure,” Carey wrote in a
post accompanied by a photo of the pair in a hospital
bed. The singer noted that
a visit to the hospital seems
to be an annual tradition
for the couple: “Last year it
was me attached to the machines,” she wrote,
referring to the birth of
their twins, “and Nick was
there with me through it.”
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Dewey in the dark winter

It’s January and it’s cold and dry Yes this is obvious, but the fixes for your chapped skin
may not be Try these tips from dermatologists to save your skin from the rough season ahead
ISTOCK

“Humidify the air
in your home,
especially in your
bedroom so that
healing and repair
can take place
while you sleep. ”

Use a conditioner
in your hair more
frequently during
the winter.

life

CLINIQUE DERMATOLOGIST

Don’t take extra hot showers. As much as you want
the comfort of that heat
when it’s chilly, there’s less
moisture in the air during
winter and hot showers can
further dehydrate your
skin, says Dr. Neil Sadick,
clinical professor of dermatology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York.
“Make showers as tepid
as you can tolerate,” he
says. If you can’t stand the
chill, find a space heater
safe for bathroom use.

Style pick
Get the boot
Don't assume that
drinking water or
replacing ﬂuids
internally is enough
to keep your skin
healthy during cold
weather.

Sunblock

Moisturizing is so
important this time
of year because it
protects the outer
layer from winter’s
wrath while
retaining natural
moisture from
within.

Don’t ignore hair and nails. They’re made of the same
compounds as skin and crack in similar fashion, says Dr.
Alicia Zalka, a dermatology professor at Yale. “I don’t
think people realize that when nails split it’s 90 per cent
from lack of proper moisture.” B vitamin supplements
can improve skin, hair and nails during winter.
“They’re better for the skin when ingested, rather
than when you put them on the skin topically,” Zalka
says.

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“If you’ve got the
driest of dry skin,
the best defence
for that is a couple
of days of plain
old Vaseline.”
DR. ALICIA ZALKA, ASSOCIATE
CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF
DERMATOLOGY AT YALE

Stay away from
products that
contain detergents
because they can
remove protective,
essential oils.

Don’t forget sunblock. It’s
just as important during
winter as it is in summer,
experts say, especially
during winter sports like
skiing at high altitude.
“In the winter it feels
cold because very little
infrared light reaches
the earth,” Dr. David
Orentreich says. “The opposite is true in the summer. However, in the
winter ultraviolet light is
90 per cent as strong as it
is
in
the
summer
but since we can’t feel
or see it we mistakenly
think it’s absent, too.”
Application of a broadband screen once a day
should suffice, Sadick
says. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A nearly century-old
hunting boot is catching on with a younger
generation that sees
the utilitarian footwear
as hip.L.L Bean’s familiar duck boot with
leather uppers and rubber soles has become
something of a fashion
statement owing to its
newfound popularity
on college campuses,
the company says.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Red carpet starlets ready to
give the time to do 1950s
style up right

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Jeanne Space
In this hectic modern world, Twitter has become a cool and succinct way of
communicating. It allows me to be accessible, instantly speak my mind,
and connects me with all kinds of people. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fashion question,
or you just want to comment on lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bigger picture, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to hear from
you.

@Jeanne_Beker:
Any suggestions for getting back into the
WORK mode? Vacation was over too quickly.
Now it's time to deal with LIFE.
@TheStyleStrut: Meditate, coffee, exercise - not necessarily in that order!
@Jeanne_Beker: Okay! Think I'll start with coffee....
@MeaganArtisan: Buy a new lipstick, or peice of
clothing & get excited to show it off. That always
helps me to get on schedule. ;)â?¤
@Jeanne_Beker: That sounds like a nice quick fix!
(And shopping is always good for the economy too...)
@TheImageis: book another vacation as a goal to
work towards ... It's the light at the end of the tunnel
- :)

@Jeanne_Beker: Skiing the
Sierra Nevada, in Spain!!!
(Dec. 30)

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There are people out there
who really do stick to their
New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resolution and
take off those last 10
pounds â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or more.
But sometimes, says
fashion guru Tim Gunn,
they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how to
show it off, or even find
clothes that fit.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve reached
your goal, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to go
shopping or at least alter
your old clothing. ... My
mantra about â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;gettingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fashion is silhouette, proportion and fit. When they are
in balance, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll look great
in whatever youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wearing,â&#x20AC;? he says.
When women are in a
transitional phase, he suggests a wrap-style top or
dress, which basically adjusts itself to changes in
your body.
Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d also steer people toward V necklines instead of

a crewneck or boatneck. V
necks lead oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye up to
the wearerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face, he explains, which can make a
flattering line.
Pants often can be taken
in to accommodate a smaller size because they have
mostly straight seams,
Gunn explains, but jackets
and blazers are trickier for
a tailor to fix if shoulder

seams start to creep down
the arm. Men especially
have an issue with collars.
The least flattering look?
Clothes that are baggy, says
Gunn, the Project Runway
mentor and soon-to-be host
of the daytime talk show
The Revolution.
The more fabric there is,
the more of you there is to
look at.â&#x20AC;? THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Stand firm when it
comes to cellulite

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By Deborah Fulsang

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eighty-five per cent of
women have cellulite and
the 15 per cent that
donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, think they do,â&#x20AC;?
says Dr. Shimon Eckhouse, The Kitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expert
for face advisor. His company explores light-based
technology to target and
treat the dreaded orangepeel skin.
No wonder the industry is booming. One new
report claimed sales for
cellulite products hit the
$11.8-million mark last
year in the United States.
Safe to say the category is
healthy here in Canada,
too.
But beware, says Dr.
Lisa Kellett, a dermatologist in Toronto, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no
magic bullet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Topicals
are not drugs. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not
going to go down to a level that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to
get rid of cellulite,â&#x20AC;? she
says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They might plump
up the skin temporarily,
much like if you went

Smooth as a babyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bottom? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the reality
for most women.

home and took a loofah
to your skin and scrubbed
at it. You could cause
swelling in the skin to improve the appearance.â&#x20AC;?
The bottom line on cellulite? â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no cure.â&#x20AC;?
You can, however, make
surface improvements.
And for many, of course,

appearances count.
Tip: Be sure to exfoliate
before applying your
chosen smoothing cream.
A good scrub preps the
skin to allow active ingredients to perform at their
max.
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Hot new decor trends
Design expert Karl Lohnes tells us what’s new and fresh for 2012

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Trends
change yearly.
Here’s
four of the
most popular ones for 2012.

Last year we painted old
dressers trendy colours,
and this year it’s about investing in good stuff. Find
an antique chair and upholster it with a cashmere/
wool blend fabric, have a
custom lampshade made or
add luxe trims to a set of
old velvet drapes. It’s the
small investments that will
offer up classic style.

LARGE FLORAL
PATTERNS
Flowers are back; they are
bright and big and look
modern.
Add a large floral print
to just a headboard in the
bedroom, the back panel
of a chair or Euro-sized pillow shams in the living
room for a burst of colour
this year.

ANTHROPOLOGIE

Up-cycling

CURVY FURNITURE

Flower sutra
artwork, CB2 stores

Low, deep and lounge-like
was all the rage last year
for sofas and chairs.
For those with enough
strength (or a crane) to get
out of these you can say
goodbye and sit on something more comfortable.
Traditional style is

making a return and
curvy-lined furniture is
feeling most welcome after two decades of squareedged,
hotel-inspired
furnishings. Look for the
classic camel-back shaped
sofas and organic shaped
side tables to round out
your rooms.

ORANGE
Last year we said goodbye
to the suburban beiges and
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it with cooler tones like sea
glass and pale greys. This
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Well for those of you who
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clean as possible.

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large pot over medium
heat. Add the fennel and
cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add
the onion and garlic.
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half an hour, stirring
here and there. A little
colour is OK, but you
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crushed chillies, oregano
and pepper and cook for
a minute. Add the beans
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boil, lower to a simmer,
add salt to taste and let
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with oil and serve.

Vancouver’s Andrew Ebbett tries to knock down
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Vancouver’s Roberto Luongo celebrated his 700th NHL game by blanking the
Minnesota Wild 3-0 on Wednesday as the Canucks took the overall lead in the
league standings.
Luongo blocked 28 shots for his second shutout of the year — both over the Wild.
The Canucks got goals from Daniel Sedin and Alex Burrows while Manny Malhotra fired into an empty net in the final minute.
Vancouver (25-13-3) has 53 points, one more than Western Conference rival
Chicago and the New York Rangers atop the Eastern Conference.

Still something to play for
Canada tries to shake off disappointment of loss to Russia and focus on beating Finland
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The disappointment was
still in the eyes of the Canadian players a day after
their semifinal loss at the
world junior hockey championship.
As they prepared to play
Finland for the bronze
medal, furrowed brows and
grim expressions indicated
Tuesdays 6-5 loss to Russia
was still on their minds.
But they will have to let
it go for Canada to avoid
finishing out of the medals
at the tournament for the
first time in 14 years.
Finland, a dark horse
which has improved since
the competition got underway, will certainly be motivated to win bronze
Thursday after falling 8-1 to
Canada in the tournamentopener in Edmonton.
Russia will play for it second straight title in Thursday’s gold-medal game
against Sweden.
As per his usual practice,

Canada goalie
Scott Wedgewood
practises with
his teammates
on Wednesday.

“They got a couple of breaks early that
helped them get ahead of us and we
kind of didn’t know how to deal with it.”
SCOTT WEDGEWOOD

Canadian head coach Don
Hay
wouldn’t
reveal
whether it will be Scott
Wedgewood
or
Mark
Visentin in Canada’s net
Thursday because he tells
his starting goalie the night
before the game.
While Wedgewood ad-

mitted he was sore after
Russian defender Alex
Khokhlachev crashed into
him in the second period
Tuesday, he said he would
be able to play Thursday.
“You’ve got to win a
game to get a medal now,”
Wedgewood said Wednes-

day. “We’ve got to take
pride in that and it still
means something to us.
“Ten years from now
looking back, you go into
that game and don’t give it
your all and you walk away
with nothing ... it’s better to
have something.”
Without the adrenaline
that a possible gold medal
brings, the Canadians were
feeling the slings and arrows of the tournament.
The upper-body injury
Scott Harrington suffered
in the preliminary round
kept him out of Wednesday’s practice. Hay didn’t
sound sure the defenceman
would be able to play
Thursday.
What’s more, Canada
will be down to 11 forwards
for Thursday’s game after
faceoff specialist Boone Jenner was suspended for
spearing Russian captain
Evgeni Kuznetsov in the
second period of the semifi-

nal.
In sifting through the
wreckage of Canada’s goldmedal hopes, the host
country’s meltdown in the
second period versus Russia
stands out.
A loss of composure left
Canada short-staffed and allowed Russia to score their
fifth goal on a power play,
which came back to haunt
Canada in the third period.
“When players get frustrated they do things they
regret,” Hay said. “Whether
its misconduct penalties,
major penalties or just selfish penalties, you usually
regret those type of penalties.
“When you can play
with determination, you
don’t have time to get frustrated. Thats what we did in
the third. In the second, we
played with a little more
frustration
because
it
wasn’t going our way.”
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Taurus April 21-May 21 The
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join forces with like-minded people.
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responsibilities of late, both at
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back if you are to avoid exhausting
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Cancer June 22-July 22 You
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